Mukaisuudesta

Mukaisuudesta is the elative form of the Finnish noun mukaisuus, which denotes similarity or likeness. As a grammatical construction, mukaisuus names the abstract quality of being similar, and the elative form mukaisuudesta means “from similarity,” or more loosely, “in regard to similarity” or “according to the principle of similarity.”

The term is primarily found in formal, academic, or analytical Finnish. It appears in discussions that compare features, patterns, or relationships across objects or phenomena, and it may be used to indicate the basis for a claim or reasoning: for example, statements about conclusions drawn mukaisuudesta puhuttaessa (when speaking of similarity) or to describe how results should be interpreted mukaisuudesta riippuen (depending on similarity). Because it is a specialized nominalization, mukaisuudesta is relatively rare in everyday language, where simpler terms like samankaltaisuus (similarity) or likeness are more common.

Relation to other terms: mukaisuus is closely related to samankaltaisuus, but mukaisuus tends to appear in more technical or philosophical contexts. The root mukainen, meaning similar or akin, underpins both mukaisuus and related formations. See also Finnish grammar discussions of elative forms and nominalizations used to express abstract properties.

In sum, mukaisuudesta functions as the scholarly or technical reference to similarity in Finnish, primarily encountered in written discourse.